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News The government agency in charge of the impending ID card rollout has appointed an additional senior executive. According to the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an extra board member has been appointed to the scheme... [18 Nov 2008]
Over 18? Equifax card lets you prove it online
News Such I-cards are designed to be the online equivalent of a driver's licence, passport, or similar ID. To produce the card, Equifax worked with Parity, an information management company that last month announced an online... [14 Nov 2008]
Row over high street biometrics
News While anti-ID campaigners have said it will be almost impossible to lock fingerprints to biographical details in a secure manner if those biometrics are taken in a high-street business, Smith said on Thursday that the... [10 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Opponents of ID cards have renewed their attacks on the scheme, claiming security is being watered down even as the cost of the cards rises. ID cards: Latest news First ID card... [07 Nov 2008]
First ID card trials announced for airport staff
News The Home Office has announced the first trials of ID cards for airside workers. ID cards will be trialled at two airports from autumn 2009. ID cards are expected to be priced at £30.... [06 Nov 2008]
ID scheme treads the high street for fingerprints
News Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will invite high-street businesses today to tender to be biometrics enrolment centres for the National Identity Scheme, which the government will use to issue ID cards. ID... [06 Nov 2008]
Microsoft announces Live Mesh developer Framework
News Microsoft is also opening up the identity component for the Live Framework, meaning developers won't necessarily have to use Microsoft's Live ID to take advantage of other mesh components. Microsoft got a fair bit of... [03 Nov 2008]
Mobile biometric scanners for all UK police
News Handheld fingerprint readers will be rolled out to police across the UK from 2010 as part of the Project Midas scheme, allowing officers to perform on the spot ID checks without having to take suspects back to the station. [22 Oct 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News A Home Office minister has mooted turning UK driving licences into ID cards, sparking accusations the national biometric database will be forced in by the back door. Speaking today at the Biometrics Conference 2008,... [21 Oct 2008]
'ID card guinea pig' pilots ready to call in lawyers
News The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) union has warned it may seek a judicial review of the government's ID cards scheme to prevent pilots being forced to carry identity cards. As part of a phased introduction... [13 Oct 2008]
Chrome future, vintage PCs and credit crunch IT
News ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches' Also getting the readers excited this September was this ID cards story - with its warning the system is (surprise, surprise) not fit for purpose. John... [03 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News March 2008: The Ministry of Defence confesses 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen over the last two years. In the last 12 months a series of data security lapses have seen personal data on as many as 29... [30 Sep 2008]
Exec shake-up in Yahoo!'s mobile world
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Yahoo! is under financial pressure this year but it's shaking up management... [30 Sep 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The government has underestimated the likely failure rate of the ID card scheme, according to a biometrics expert who reviewed the system. The ID card scheme will guard against one person having multiple... [26 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News The UK will produce up to one million ID cards for foreign nationals every year, according to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. This will gradually be increased to all categories of foreign nationals and by 2015 the Home... [25 Sep 2008]
